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Kansas Car / Permit: Traffic Laws practice test
Speed limits, turning and signaling rules, headlight and seat-belt requirements, and the everyday laws every driver must follow.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. Even where no minimum speed is posted, what does Kansas law say about driving very slowly?
Correct answer: It is unlawful when it blocks the normal movement of traffic
Moving so slowly that you obstruct the normal flow of traffic is against the law, unless the slow pace is needed for safe operation under the basic speed law.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 2, Minimum Speed/Impeding the Flow of Traffic
2. Which lane should a Kansas driver normally use to begin a right turn?
Correct answer: The lane furthest to the right
Right turns start from the lane closest to the right edge, unless markings show that more than one lane may turn right at once. Swinging left first misleads the driver behind you.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, General Rules
3. On a Kansas road carrying three or more lanes in your direction, which lane does the manual recommend for ordinary travel?
Correct answer: The center travel lane
The center lane is the recommended choice on roads with three or more lanes going the same way, especially where a lot of traffic is joining or leaving the roadway at the edges.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, General Rules
4. Kansas restricts where a U-turn may be made. Which condition makes one unlawful?
Correct answer: Anywhere other drivers cannot see you from 500 feet away
You may not turn around on a curve, near a hilltop, or anywhere approaching drivers cannot see you from at least 500 feet away.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 2, U Turns
5. Kansas calls backing a vehicle in a travel lane illegal, with one narrow exception. What is it?
Correct answer: Backing into a parallel parking space
Reversing in a lane of travel is unsafe because drivers behind you never expect it. The single permitted use is backing into a parallel parking space.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, General Rules
6. After overtaking a vehicle on a two-lane Kansas highway, how close to an approaching vehicle may you still be when you finish merging back?
Correct answer: You must be back in lane before closing to 200 feet
The law requires you to be back in your own lane before you are within 200 feet of any vehicle coming from the other direction.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 2, Passing
7. Kansas is among the states that tie headlight use to another vehicle control. Which one?
Correct answer: The windshield wipers
Whenever the windshield wipers are running, the headlights are required to be on as well, which helps other drivers pick your car out in rain or snow.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 7, Communicating
8. Exactly what does the Kansas electronic device law forbid a driver from doing?
Correct answer: Writing, sending or reading a written message on a device
The statute bans using a device to compose, transmit or read a written message while driving, which covers texting and email. Navigation displays and weather information fall outside the ban.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 2, Cell Phones
9. During which months are studded snow tires legal on Kansas vehicles?
Correct answer: November 1 through April 1
The manual limits studded tires to the stretch running from the first of November through the first of April each year.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 12, Winter Driving
10. When may a Kansas driver legally overtake another vehicle on the right?
Correct answer: On a one-way street or a road marked for two or more lanes going the same way
Passing on the right is allowed on one-way streets and on highways striped for two or more lanes running the same way. Driving onto the shoulder to get around someone is not allowed except in an emergency or when officials direct it.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 2, Passing on the Right
11. You realize while driving on a Kansas interstate that you are headed the wrong way. What does the manual tell you to do?
Correct answer: Continue to the next exit and turn around there
Drive to the next exit and turn around there. Cutting across the median or using the crossovers set aside for emergency vehicles breaks the law.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 6, General Rules
12. Kansas rules on safety belts say children below a certain age must ride in the back seat and be properly restrained. What age is that?
Correct answer: Under age 14
The manual states that everyone younger than fourteen has to be secured in a rear seating position with the proper restraint while the car is moving.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook — Section 4, Using Safety Belts
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